After another whole day of diligent cultivation, Rong Lan ended her practice when she heard the sound of the door opening.
Opening her eyes, she saw her handsome brother in a suit walking towards her. Rong Lan, the little fox, happily waved her paw at him.
Seeing the little fox wave, Chu Hengyuan's eyes softened with a smile. He casually tossed his coat on the armrest of the sofa and asked, "Have you two little guys been good at home today?"
"Meow~" Chu Hupo answered her daddy on behalf of her fox mommy.
"Seems like you have." Chu Hengyuan sat down beside the little fox. He tore a wet wipe to clean his hands before reaching out to push aside the fur on the little fox's back to check on her wounds.
Rong Lan stayed still, cooperating with her brother's inspection.
After checking several wounds, Chu Hengyuan said in surprise, "Is the medicine prescribed by Tang Xingwei really that effective?" He saw that the wounds on the little fox's back were much better than last night. At this rate, the little fox's back would be fully healed in just one more day. "Is this the effect of the medicine that costs four digits?"
Did her wounds heal that fast? Rong Lan froze instantly, and her fox ears bent down guiltily. In order to stay in a good mood, she hadn't looked in the mirror all day, so she really didn't know if her back had improved.
Could it be because she had cultivated hard all day and her cultivation had recovered, automatically healing the injured parts of her body?
It couldn't be. After all, in her brother's eyes, she was just an ordinary fox. If her wounds healed too fast, she would be suspected.
"No, there can't be such a miraculous medicine that takes effect so quickly." Although Chu Hengyuan knew he couldn't expose her, seeing her guilty look, he couldn't help but tease her. "Does your self - healing ability differ from other foxes? Or..."
"Are you not just an ordinary little fox?"
This question from Chu Hengyuan successfully made the little fox bristle with fright.
Rong Lan raised her fox head and looked at him innocently, trying to pretend that she didn't understand what he was saying.
However, she didn't know that her acting skills were rather poor.
In Chu Hengyuan's eyes, the little fox, obediently looking up without making a sound, had "guilty" written in her left eye and "please spare me" written in her right eye. She was completely timid.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. It's a good thing that your wounds are healing quickly. When Lanlan comes back and sees you fully recovered, she'll be very happy." He ruffled the little fox's head and stood up. "I'll go change my clothes and then make dinner."
Rong Lan let out a sigh of relief that he didn't dwell on this matter. But she still wasn't completely at ease. After Chu Hengyuan changed into his home clothes and went into the kitchen, she trotted over to the mirror.
The fox in the mirror still didn't look very well. One ear and her tail were still wrapped in thick gauze. But...
She leaned closer to the mirror and carefully examined her back. She really did find a huge difference from last night. Not only were most of the wounds on her back healed, but the fur on her back that had been cut messily seemed to have grown a bit.
Oh no. While the fast - healing wounds could be attributed to the effective medicine, how could she explain the fast - growing fur without arousing suspicion?
Rong Lan squatted in front of the mirror and thought for a while. Then she tentatively wagged her fox tail. Last night, she had only dared to drag her tail when walking because it hurt when she moved it. But just one day later, it didn't hurt when she wagged it. This was...
Great.
She remembered that Tang Xingwei had said that the tail and ear should have their medicine changed every two days. Would her ear and tail be fully healed by the time the gauze was removed tomorrow night?
But she couldn't stop cultivating to slow down the healing process. The feeling of being without her cultivation made her feel panicked. She still had to quickly recover her cultivation and return to her human body.
Facts proved that her worries were not unfounded.
When it was time to remove the gauze, Chu Hengyuan first placed a roasted chicken in front of the little fox before picking up the scissors.
Rong Lan had originally planned to throw a tantrum to stop Chu Hengyuan from removing the gauze, but at the sight of the roasted chicken, she immediately forgot her plan.
Forget it. Eating the roasted chicken was the most important thing. If her ear and tail were really fully healed and it scared her brother, she could just use a bit of spiritual energy to erase his memory or make him think he had a dream.
Anyway, she'd eat the roasted chicken first.
Rong Lan had a wonderful plan in mind.
After carefully cutting open the gauze, Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw the pinkish fox ear. The cut on the little fox's ear had already scabbed over, and besides the scabbed part, short white fur had grown on the rest of the ear.
Sure enough, this powerful little fox that could perform magic healed at a speed beyond his expectations. But what should he do next? Should he act as if he didn't see the scabbed wound or act as if he was scared by the fast - healing speed?
After only three seconds of thought, he chose his acting style. He pretended to be serious and vigilant. "Little fox, are you a fox demon or a fox fairy?"
Rong Lan: "???" What the hell?
The little fox, who hadn't even finished one chicken leg, looked up blankly with the chicken leg in her mouth.
What a strange question her brother was asking. Had the wound on her ear really fully healed? But that couldn't be right. If he saw that her wound was fully healed, shouldn't he be scared? Why was he staring at her with such a calm expression?
Rong Lan suppressed her panic and pretended not to hear anything, lowering her head to continue gnawing on the roasted chicken leg.
Chu Hengyuan watched as the little fox's ears drooped down in panic. He tried hard not to laugh and got up to get a mirror and placed it in front of her. "Look at your ear. I've asked the doctor. A wound that big should take at least a week to scab over, but it's only been two days, and your wound has scabbed. You must not be an ordinary fox."
Rong Lan glanced at the mirror and pretended not to see anything, chewing on the delicious chicken bone seriously.
She had seen her ear in the mirror. It had not only scabbed but also grown fur. She thought that in just two more days, her ear would be fully healed, and most of her beautiful fox fur would have grown back.
Chu Hengyuan didn't expect the little fox to act like an ostrich. He maintained his serious expression and continued, "Are you not going to admit it? If you admit it, I can still keep you at home for Lanlan's sake. If you don't want to admit it - for the safety of me and Hupo, I'll have to send you out of the house."
Rong Lan: "???" He even wanted to send her out of the house?
Why wasn't her brother scared? It didn't make sense. She could even scare the King of Hell into losing his composure. Since he had guessed that she was a fox demon or a fox fairy, wasn't he afraid that she would hurt him? How dare he sit beside her and confront her?
How could she find an opportunity to ask Si Mo to come and blur his memory?